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Milestones

2018

Asetek is installed in13 of the TOP500 of the fastest supercomputers in the world based on the Nov. 2018 edition of the TOP500 list -- with 3 of the installations in the TOP20, including the fastest supercomputers in Taiwan and Japan. Learn more

Asetek's latest generation of direct-to-chip (D2C) liquid cooling technology incorporated into new Intel® Compute Modules has been installed by Ace Computers in a new high-performance computing (HPC) cluster for a U.S. Defense Contractor. Learn more

Asetek installed in 11 out of June 2018 edition of TOP500 list of the fastest supercomputers in the world, including nine systems in the Top200. All 11 of the Top500 clusters were also ranked on the Green500 list. Learn more

Asetek-based Hydro Series H100i PRO liquid cooler from Corsair are introduced to the market. Asetek’s new Generation 6 technology was adopted by CORSAIR Hydro Series PRO family for reduced noise and even better cooling performance than previous industry-leading Asetek Generation 5 coolers. Learn more

Asetek’s latest technology to be installed in Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT) HPC clusters for Taiwan flagship AI Cloud project at the National Center for High-Performance Computing (NCHC). Learn more

Asetek’s RackCDU to be installed in new HPC cluster through OEM partner Fujitsu. Learn more

Asetek’s RackCDU D2C to be installed in existing further build-out of an undisclosed U.S. Department of Energy HPC installation from OEM partner Penguin Computing. Learn more

Asetek’s new OEM partner Quanta Computer awarded new Asetek-based artificial intelligence (AI) cluster for National Center for High-Performance Computing (NCHC) in Taiwan. The new cluster will be the largest supercomputer in Taiwan when commissioned. Learn more

Asetek and Intel® announce ongoing collaboration to provide hot water liquid cooling for servers and datacenters. The collaboration, which includes Asetek’s ServerLSL and RackCDU D2C technologies, is focused on the liquid cooling of density-optimized Intel Compute Modules supporting high-performance Intel Xeon® Scalable processors. Learn more

Asetek to be installed in supercomputing system from Fujitsu for the Institute of Fluid Science at Tohoku University in Japan. The supercomputing system is planned to deliver a peak theoretical performance exceeding 2.7 petaflops. Learn more

2017

Asetek to cool Japan’s fastest AI supercomputer system – the AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure (ABCI) cluster in the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) through OEM partner Fujitsu. Learn more

Asetek deployed in eight installations in the November 2017 edition of the Top500 list of the fastest supercomputers in the world, including the 9th fastest HPC installation in the world – Oakforest PACS through OEM partner Fujitsu. The eight installations were also listed on the GREEN500 Supercomputer list, with D.A.V.I.D.E. coming in at #18. Learn more

Acer announced as new data center OEM partner. Acer will incorporate Asetek liquid cooling technology in its Altos dual Skylake high performance servers. Learn more

Cybermedia Center, Osaka University adopts Asetek RackCDU D2C liquid cooling for new HPC cluster installation named “OCTOPUS”. The HPC cluster is part of Osaka University’s expansion of computing power to support leading basic and applied research. Learn more

E4 Computer and Engineering announced as new data center OEM partner. E4 has utilized Asetek’s RackCDU D2C liquid cooling for the D.A.V.I.D.E. SUPERCOMPUTER, an innovative OpenPOWER-based HPC cluster installed at CINECA in Italy. Learn more

2008

Completed "B” Series of funding. D. E. Shaw Ventures led the $16 million series B round bringing the total investment in Asetek to nearly $38 million since the company was founded in 2000.

2007

Announces its first OEM design win with world leading PC manufacturer HP and its Blackbird 002 Gaming PC.

A new series of OEM cooling solutions for GPU and CPU is launched, receiving great feedback from the press and the industry.

Asetek raises $4 million in Tranche 2 Series A Venture Capital following the investment of $6 million closed in 2006. Northzone Ventures, Vaekstfonden, KT Venture Group, and a group of private investors participated in the round.

The VapoChill and WaterChill product lines reach a milestone of receiving over 200 press awards.

Asetek shows the complete product portfolio at CES in Las Vegas, including the new WaterChill Xternal.

KT Venture Group of San Jose, CA joins the $6 million Tranche 1 Series A funding round in the company which also has participation by Northzone Ventures, Vaekstfonden and a group of existing investors. The investment completes the round that had its first closing in December 2005

2005

Introduces the World's first 12V pump system with dual-chamber reservoir and USB/Software Control Panel.

2003

Asetek introduces a revolution in server cooling - The VapoChill Case Cooler. The new VapoChill Case Cooler is an air condition system developed for direct cooling of mission critical PC and entry level servers.

Introduces a whole new product line under the brand name WaterChill. A whole new Plug & Chill kit for water cooling incl. CPU-, VGA- & Chipset blocks.

Joins forces with ABIT Computer Corporation, one of the world's leading motherboard manufactures and Kingston Technology Company, Inc. the world's largest independent manufacturer of memory products. Together they present the fastest overall performance PC in the world.

[H]ard|OCP, one of the most respected hardware review-sites achieves a magnificent 4.44GHz CPU speed with a VapoChill CPU cooling system.

2001

In early January Asetek Inc. becomes the first company in the world to build a 2 GHz PC.

Asetek forms formalized business partnership with ASUSTek Computer Inc., the largest manufacturer of motherboards in the world.

Introduces the first commercially available PC system running at 2 GHz. Receives favorable and enthusiastic reviews of its product by Dr. Thomas Pabst, of Tom’s Hardware Guide, the leading hardware review site in existence.

2000

Asetek receives an award from the Danish Ministry of Trade and Industry in recognition for being the most innovative and progressive company in Denmark in the year 2000.

Based on a 1 million EUR capital infusion from private investors, Asetek becomes incorporated.

1998

Within the first year of existence, Asetek's global network of VapoChill resellers grows to more than 35.

1997

André Eriksen (CEO) discovers that cooling the CPU to sub zero results in faster CPU performance. Many games of the time are made faster in the process, and therefore easier to win. This is the early foundation of Asetek.